Battle of Azukizaka (1542)

First Battle of Azukizaka
Part of the Sengoku period
Site of the Battle of Azukizaka
Date 1542 Location Azukizaka, Mikawa Province Result Oda victory
Belligerents
Imagawa clan	Oda clan
Commanders and leaders
Imagawa Yoshimoto Yuhara	Oda Nobuhide Oda Nobuyasu Oda Nobumitsu Oda Nobuzane Oda Nobufusa Okada Shigeyoshi Sassa Masatsugu Sassa Magosuke Nakano Shigeyoshi Shimokata Sadakiyo

In the first battle of Azukizaka (小豆坂の戦い, Azukizaka no tatakai) Oda Nobuhide defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto,^[1] setting the stage for his son, Oda Nobunaga, to become one of Japan's greatest warlords. Despite the defeat, later in 1548, Imagawa defeated Nobuhide in the Second Battle of Azukizaka and continued to expand his territory until 1560, when he faced Nobunaga and was killed in the Battle of Okehazama.

See also

• Battle of Azukizaka (1564)

References